Gundam goes green

alanX · (#1 (**permalink**))

Starting tomorrow, prominent Tokyo landmarks — with their fixed steel columns and beams — will likely be feeling a bit inadequate as a new, mobile player is set to rise up and illuminate the capital's skyline.

Near the Rainbow Bridge, on the manmade peninsula of Odaiba, a "life size" rendition of a Gundam robot will stand guard as a representative member of the influential "Mobile Suit Gundam" television series, which this year is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

The 18-meter-high armored figure, replicated right down to its double-nozzle jet pack, sits as the centerpiece of the Green Tokyo Gundam Project, an event aimed at raising funds for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's push for a more environmentally friendly future.

Organizers are expecting 1.5 million visitors to arrive at Shinagawa Ward's Shiokaze Park through the end of August to view, free of charge, the 35-ton fabrication of fiberglass and steel up close and mingle at the surrounding booths and stalls selling robot models and T-shirts. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Green Tokyo Fundraising Campaign, an organization that will utilize the ¥800 million it hopes to collect by 2010 for such activities as the planting of roadside trees and the establishment of lawns within schools.

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Guza · (#2 (**permalink**))

dude that is tight! Why doenst the us have something like that lol
OOH i was just thinking they can so do a gundam movie i mean if they can do transformers pretty damn well they can def do a gundam irl movie

alanX · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Guza

dude that is tight! Why doenst the us have something like that lol
OOH i was just thinking they can so do a gundam movie i mean if they can do transformers pretty damn well they can def do a gundam irl movie

Yes. This is one of the "this would only happen in Japan" things.

A "real" Gundam movie is a pretty good idea. I didn't think about that.
I would definitely see it.

alanX · (#4 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by TheLastFortnight

Wow, it's big, I mean it's really big.

Ha.
Indeed it is. Can't wait to see it.
Check out this video.

YouTube - GUNDAM 1/1 scale Odaiba Tokyo お台場ガンダム実物大全身

Crani · (#5 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guza

dude that is tight! Why doenst the us have something like that lol
OOH i was just thinking they can so do a gundam movie i mean if they can do transformers pretty damn well they can def do a gundam irl movie

Someone already did, it's called G-Savior:
G-Saviour (2000) (TV)
I'm yet to see it, but it sounds like a decent movie.

Richard164 · (#6 (**permalink**))

G savior was an ok movie

Aota · (#7 (**permalink**))

Just saw a scene from it and it looked like a piece of sh*t.